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1898 Map of Troy

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Troy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1898
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1898

About this map

Industrial and transit networks define this late nineteenth-century landscape along the Hudson River, where Troy and East Albany serve as major hubs for river commerce and rail transport. The Erie Canal cuts through the northern corridor, paralleled by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad and the N.Y.C. & H.R. R.R. lines. These water and iron arteries connect the riverfront to the hilly interior of Rensselaer County, which transitions into a landscape of smaller mill towns and summer retreats.

Further east, the terrain rises into the highlands of Sand Lake and Poestenkill, where a cluster of named water bodies like Glass Lake and Burden Lake support local communities such as Averill Park and Glasshouse. The survey documents numerous named summits including Rysedorph Hill and Grandview Hill, alongside rural junctions like Sliter and Schodack Depot, illustrating a well-developed network of secondary roads that linked the agrarian hills to the industrial fires of the valley floor.